Griffiths was later awarded Wales’ Player of the Match award, after her excellent account-opening goal in Cardiff, one which took real composure and technique.
A shooting chance looked to have got away from our young midfielder after a defensive intervention stopped Jess Fishlock from registering her own effort, but Mared adjusted accordingly, getting back around the ball so that she could produce a delicate scoring chip over Australia goalkeeper Teagan Micah.
Our no.36’s strike did cancel out Courtney Nevin’s opener for the visitors, but it was a shame that it didn’t count for more, after a late winner for the team ranked 15th in the world from Arsenal’s Caitlin Foord.
While Griffiths stole a share of the post-match limelight, the headlines since have understandably been dominated by aforementioned captain Fishlock, who played her 166th and final game for Wales on the afternoon.
